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STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. CONNECTICUT STATE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, SEIU LOCAL 2001 (SC 17937)
Rogers, C. J., and Palmer, Vertefeuille, Zarella and Schaller, Js. Argued January 8--officially released June 10, 2008

Thomas P. Clifford III, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, were Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, and William J. McCullough, assistant attorney general, for the appellant (plaintiff). Robert J. Krzys, for the appellee (defendant).

Opinion

SCHALLER, J. The plaintiff, the state of Connecticut,1 appeals2 from the judgment of the trial court denying its application to vacate an arbitration award in which the arbitrator found in favor of the defendant, the Connecticut State Employees Association, SEIU Local 2001, and concluded that the state had violated a collective bargaining agreement when it unilaterally removed a correction officer from a voluntary transfer list. The state claims that the trial court improperly denied its motion to vacate the arbitration award because the award violates public policy and is in manifest disregard of the law. We affirm the judgment of the trial court. The record reveals the following undisputed material facts and procedural history. At some time prior to January 1, 2005, Martin Reyes, a lieutenant employed by the department of correction (department), and stationed at the Brooklyn correctional institution, requested a transfer to the Corrigan-Radgwoski correctional institution (Corrigan). Soon thereafter, Danielle Locas, a correction officer stationed at Corrigan, learned of Reyes' request and became concerned about the prospects of working with him. Reyes and Locas previously had been involved in a romantic relationship, which had turned violent as a result of an incident that had occurred in December, 1994. After this incident, Locas had filed an application for a restraining order3 pursuant to General Statutes (Rev. to 1993)

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